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公开(公告)号：US12019501B2
公开(公告)日：2024-06-25
申请号：US17618772
申请日：2020-06-12
发明人： Robert Weaver , John P. Folkers , Fred Susi , Robert Smith
CPC分类号： G06F11/0733 , G06F3/121 , G06F3/1234 , G06F3/1282 , G06Q10/20
摘要： A system having a plurality of marking and/or coding devices and a computing system coupled to the devices and having processor configured to: receive sensor data associated with each device; and store printer metadata and batch job metadata in a backup file for each device. The processor is configured to classify a fault condition of a respective one device based on one or more of received sensor data, device self-test data, current operational data and historical device condition data. The processor is configured to determine autonomously a repair process recommendation in response to the classified fault condition and based on an estimated time to repair (ETR) the device using a self-repair recovery process relative to a line recovery time (LRT) threshold. The processor is configured to recommend as the repair process recommendation the self-repair recovery process in response to the ETR being less than or equal to the LRT threshold.
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公开(公告)号：US20240051304A1
公开(公告)日：2024-02-15
申请号：US18267507
申请日：2021-12-16
CPC分类号： B41J2/17523 , B41J2/17546 , B41J2/17566 , B41J2/1707 , B41J2/02 , B41J29/17 , B41J2002/022
摘要： Apparatus for continuous ink jet printing, comprising: an ink system comprising an ink storage tank (15) operable to supply ink to a print head associated with the apparatus; a single cartridge connection (9) for releasable engagement with a fluid cartridge (8), the cartridge connection (9) comprising: a fluid connector (10) for engaging an outlet of a fluid cartridge; and a conduit configured to allow fluid to flow along a fluid pathway from a cartridge engaged with the cartridge connection, via the fluid connector, to the ink storage tank. The apparatus has a first configuration in which a solvent cartridge is engaged with the cartridge connection and in which the apparatus is configured to receive solvent from the engaged solvent cartridge, and a second configuration in which an ink cartridge is engaged with the cartridge connection and in which the apparatus is configured to receive ink from the engaged ink cartridge.
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公开(公告)号：US11801689B2
公开(公告)日：2023-10-31
申请号：US16624613
申请日：2018-06-27
发明人： Jeremy Ellis , Philip Hart
IPC分类号： B41J2/325 , B41F16/00 , B41J2/36 , B41J35/36 , B41J33/16 , B41J33/36 , B41J17/07 , B41J17/10
CPC分类号： B41J2/325 , B41F16/0026 , B41J2/36 , B41J17/07 , B41J17/10 , B41J33/16 , B41J33/36 , B41J35/36
摘要： A method of operating a transfer printer configured to transfer ink from a printer ribbon to a substrate which is transported along a predetermined substrate path adjacent to the printer. The printer comprises a tape drive comprising two tape drive motors, two tape spool supports on which said spools of ribbon may be mounted, each spool being drivable by a respective one of said motors. The printer further comprises a printhead being displaceable towards and away from the predetermined substrate path and being arranged to, during printing, contact one side of the ribbon to press an opposite side of the ribbon into contact with a substrate on the predetermined substrate path, and a printing surface. The printer further comprises a controller configured to control the tape drive to transport ribbon between the first and second ribbon spools. The method comprises controlling the tape drive to perform a ribbon movement in which ribbon is transported between first and second ribbon spools along a ribbon path, the ribbon path having a first length during a first part of said ribbon movement, and a second length during a second part of said ribbon movement, a transition from the first length to the second length being caused by a displacement of the printhead with respect to the printing surface, wherein control of at least one of the tape drive motors is based upon data indicative of the first and second lengths.
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公开(公告)号：US11772386B2
公开(公告)日：2023-10-03
申请号：US17484906
申请日：2021-09-24
发明人： Martin McNestry
摘要： There is provided a thermal transfer printer 1, which comprises: a printhead 5; a tape drive configured to cause an inked ribbon 7 to be advanced past the printhead 5 so as to allow ink to be removed from the inked ribbon by the printhead and transferred to a substrate during a printing operation; and a printhead carriage 11 on which the printhead 5 is mounted, wherein the printhead carriage 11 is supported by a rail 34 coupled to a body 2 of the printer, and the rail 34 extends along a direction parallel to a direction of travel of the inked ribbon 7; wherein the printhead carriage 11 further comprises a first structure 40 which is arranged to engage with a second structure 50 coupled to the body 2 of the printer, and wherein the first and second structures 40, 50 are configured such that the printhead carriage 11 is rotatable around the rail 34 but a rotation of the printhead carriage around the rail remains within a predetermined range.
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公开(公告)号：US20220274430A1
公开(公告)日：2022-09-01
申请号：US17174897
申请日：2021-02-12
发明人： Gary Pfeffer , Keith Buxton
IPC分类号： B41J25/312 , B41J25/316 , B41J2/325 , B41J2/035 , B41J2/175
摘要： A printer comprising a printhead configured to selectively cause a mark to be created on a substrate. The printer comprises a stepper motor having an output shaft coupled to the printhead, the stepper motor being arranged to vary the position of the printhead relative to a printing surface against which printing is carried out, and to control the pressure exerted by the printhead on the printing surface. The printer further comprises a sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of an angular position of the output shaft of the stepper motor. The printer further comprises a controller arranged to generate control signals for the stepper motor so as to cause a predetermined torque to be generated by the stepper motor; said control signals being at least partially based upon an output of said sensor.
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公开(公告)号：US20220261303A1
公开(公告)日：2022-08-18
申请号：US17618772
申请日：2020-06-12
发明人： Robert Weaver , John P. Folkers , Fred Susi , Robert Smith
摘要： A system having a plurality of marking and/or coding devices and a computing system coupled to the devices and having processor configured to: receive sensor data associated with each device; and store printer metadata and batch job metadata in a backup file for each device. The processor is configured to classify a fault condition of a respective one device based on one or more of received sensor data, device self-test data, current operational data and historical device condition data. The processor is configured to determine autonomously a repair process recommendation in response to the classified fault condition and based on an estimated time to repair (ETR) the device using a self-repair recovery process relative to a line recovery time (LRT) threshold. The processor is configured to recommend as the repair process recommendation the self-repair recovery process in response to the ETR being less than or equal to the LRT threshold.
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公开(公告)号：US11307810B2
公开(公告)日：2022-04-19
申请号：US17055442
申请日：2019-05-15
IPC分类号： G06F3/12 , G06Q10/06 , B41J2/02 , B41J29/393 , G06Q40/00
摘要： Techniques for operating an industrial printer include causing it to report data that indicates COO parameter values based on output sensors and/or component detection module configured to measure physical phenomena related to components of the printer referred to as COO parameters. The COO parameters values, which may include waste values, are derived and displayed in a graphical user interface dynamically on a real time basis. One or more graphical user interface is generated to present a one or more active areas to select the display of the COO parameter values in numeric and or graphical form or combinations thereof.
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公开(公告)号：US11148446B2
公开(公告)日：2021-10-19
申请号：US15748720
申请日：2016-07-29
摘要： A tape drive comprises a spool support (30) for supporting a tape spool (32), wherein the spool support comprises a support surface (34) mounted to a tape drive base plate (36) such that the support surface (34) is fixed against rotation relative to the base plate (36), the support surface (34) being configured such that, in use, as tape is removed from or wound onto the spool (32), the spool (32) rotates relative to the spool support (30) such that the spool (32) rotates around the support surface (34).
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公开(公告)号：US20210238434A1
公开(公告)日：2021-08-05
申请号：US16972760
申请日：2019-06-06
发明人： Michael KOZEE , Linfang ZHU , Zheng XUE , Lawrence JUNG
IPC分类号： C09D11/36 , C09D11/108 , C09D11/50 , C12Q1/6806
摘要： The invention provides stable nucleic acid-tagged ink compositions suitable for printing an ink mark on an object as an identifier or for authentication of goods, and methods of marking an article with such a mark. These ink compositions contain a specific nucleic acid of known length and sequence that can be deposited on an article by inkjet printing or thermal transfer printing to produce a mark, which may be visible or invisible, covert or overt. These ink products are stable and can accurately deliver an amount of nucleic acid tag that can be removed or sampled and analyzed by known DNA analytical methods to detect the specific nucleic acid on the marked article but which cannot be identified without previous knowledge of the nucleic acid sequence in the mark. The invention also provides methods of applying these tagged marks using inkjet printers and printer systems, and the systems for using the tagged ink compositions.
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公开(公告)号：US20210197570A1
公开(公告)日：2021-07-01
申请号：US17057717
申请日：2019-12-19
发明人： Salhadin Omer , Ben Tuncay Arslan
摘要： There is a print head connector assembly for a printer, the print head connector assembly providing at least one continuous fluid and/or electrical connection between a first port and a second port, the at least one continuous connection being provided by at least one conduit. The print head connector assembly comprises: a first component connectable to an umbilical conduit at the first port; a second component connectable to a print head at the second port, wherein one of the first component and the second component comprises a print head connection axis at the second port and the other of the first component and the second component comprises an axis of rotation, the first component and the second component housing the at least one conduit; adjustment means between the first component and the second component for adjusting the print head connector assembly into a plurality of configurations, wherein each of the plurality of configurations has a respective rotational relationship between the first component and the second component, and wherein in each of the plurality of configurations the print head connection axis and the axis of rotation are substantially parallel and aligned; and a locking component for locking the print head connector assembly in each of the plurality of configurations. There is also a printer and a method of assembling a print head connector assembly.
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